{"id":298436,"date":"2026-05-03T23:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298436\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:38:07","slug":"dodgers-shohei-ohtani-goes-hitless-in-4th-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298436\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani goes hitless in 4th straight game"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS — Shohei Ohtani<\/a> has gone hitless in four straight games, something that hasn’t happened in four years.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>manager Dave Roberts said Sunday after a 4-1 win<\/a>over the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> that he believes in his star to “come out of it at some point.”<\/p>\n

“He certainly has high standards,” Roberts said. “We all do of him. I know he’s frustrated, but you can’t tell from his demeanor.”<\/p>\n

Ohtani’s 0-for-3 day pushed him to 0-for-14 over his past four games, his longest hitless streak since going 0-for-12 over five games with the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> from May 24-28, 2022.<\/p>\n

Ohtani’s struggles have mirrored those of the Dodgers, who have not homered in six straight games for the first time since going homerless in eight straight from July 10-21, 2014.<\/p>\n

Freddie Freeman<\/a> went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in Sunday’s win that snapped a four-game losing streak in which the Dodgers scored two runs or fewer in every game.<\/p>\n

“Offensively, we just haven’t been very good the last week,” Freeman said. “Just call a spade a spade sometimes. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. We just haven’t been very good, and we’ve got to be better.”<\/p>\n

Ohtani drew a walk in the third inning to snap a streak of 10 straight plate appearances without reaching base, and his 12 hitless at-bats versus the Cardinals are his most in a series in his career.<\/p>\n

“There’s a little bit of a mechanics part that he’s been talking about, and I thought we kind of figured that out at home,” Roberts said. “This series, I don’t think he felt great, in between a little bit on the pulled grounders, getting beat with the fly balls to the big part of the field, so a little in between, I think. But, safe to say, fair to say that he’ll figure it out soon.”<\/p>\n

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